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+package org.argeo.slc.core.execution;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+
+/** Provides write access to resources during execution */
+public interface ExecutionResources {
+ /** The base directory where this execution can write */
+ public File getWritableBaseDir();
+
+ /** Allocates a local file in the writable area and return it as a resource. */
+ public Resource getWritableResource(String relativePath);
+
+ /**
+ * Allocates a local file in the writable area and return it as a fully
+ * qualified OS path.
+ */
+ public String getWritableOsPath(String relativePath);
+
+ /**
+ * Allocates a local file in the writable area and return it as a
+ * {@link File}.
+ */
+ public File getWritableOsFile(String relativePath);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the resource as a file path. If the resource is not writable it
+ * is copied as a file in the writable area and the path to this local file
+ * is returned.
+ */
+ public String getAsOsPath(Resource resource, Boolean overwrite);
+}